Sentence examples for discern a principle from inspiring English sources
It's tough to discern a principle that would help establish meaningful lines between the good and bad stuff.
One needs judgement both to discern whether a principle applies at all and, if it does, what exactly it requires of one.
"One might be forgiven for failing to discern a workable principle that explains these wildly divergent outcomes.
The proposed tax was killed, Mr. Abramoff said, "once they discerned a conservative principle".
It is impossible to discern any principle behind which pays what.
In general, if there was a principle to be discerned, it was the negative one of keeping friends apart, to insure that Miss Preston's golden rule of M.C.G. (Make Conversation General) would be maintained.
Discerning any kind of pattern, much less a principle of causation, is a hopeless task.
While it would be a stretch to say that they consider democratization to be their main foreign-policy objective, it is hard to discern a softening of their commitment to the principle.
"It is difficult for me to discern what principle besides doctrinaire formalism actually motivates today's decision," she said.
